Hinkley Connection Project: latest news In your area Latest news FAQs Community investment Future access Contact us Home National Grid Electricity Transmission Network and infrastructure Hinkley Connection Project Stories from across the Hinkley Connection Project Bat barn at Hinkley Connection Project continues to thrive 25 Nov 2025 A purpose-built bat barn created as part of the Hinkley Connection Project is thriving as a sanctuary for local bat species, with recent ecological monitoring confirming its growing importance as a year-round habitat. National Grid Hinkley Connection Project volunteers support Strawberry Line community pathway in Somerset 25 Nov 2025 Our contractors, Balfour Beatty, working on behalf of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project, partnered with volunteers from the Strawberry Line Trust to improve accessibility along Somerset’s much-loved community pathway. Electricity pylon felling paves way for energisation of the Hinkley Connection Project 14 Aug 2025 The Hinkley Connection Project has achieved a significant milestone with the safe removal of a temporary pylon at the midpoint of the new overhead line route in Somerset. Essential power upgrade complete between Shurton and Bridgwater 11 Jul 2025 The Hinkley Connection Project has achieved a significant milestone with the upgrade of 17km of overhead electricity lines between Shurton and Bridgwater from 275kV to 400kV. National Grid funds new café giving ex-offenders in Bristol a new start 11 Jul 2025 £100,000 investment from the Hinkley Connection Project helps bring rehabilitation and skills programme to life Westhay Moor Nature Reserve made picture perfect with National Grid Community Grant Funding 11 Jul 2025 Somerset Wildlife Trust is improving habitats for wildlife and increasing public access to Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve with a little help from National Grid’s community grant programme. Load More
Bat barn at Hinkley Connection Project continues to thrive 25 Nov 2025 A purpose-built bat barn created as part of the Hinkley Connection Project is thriving as a sanctuary for local bat species, with recent ecological monitoring confirming its growing importance as a year-round habitat.
National Grid Hinkley Connection Project volunteers support Strawberry Line community pathway in Somerset 25 Nov 2025 Our contractors, Balfour Beatty, working on behalf of National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project, partnered with volunteers from the Strawberry Line Trust to improve accessibility along Somerset’s much-loved community pathway.
Electricity pylon felling paves way for energisation of the Hinkley Connection Project 14 Aug 2025 The Hinkley Connection Project has achieved a significant milestone with the safe removal of a temporary pylon at the midpoint of the new overhead line route in Somerset.
Essential power upgrade complete between Shurton and Bridgwater 11 Jul 2025 The Hinkley Connection Project has achieved a significant milestone with the upgrade of 17km of overhead electricity lines between Shurton and Bridgwater from 275kV to 400kV.
National Grid funds new café giving ex-offenders in Bristol a new start 11 Jul 2025 £100,000 investment from the Hinkley Connection Project helps bring rehabilitation and skills programme to life
Westhay Moor Nature Reserve made picture perfect with National Grid Community Grant Funding 11 Jul 2025 Somerset Wildlife Trust is improving habitats for wildlife and increasing public access to Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve with a little help from National Grid’s community grant programme.
